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The Muzaffarnagar Police was left with egg on its face after a couple, reported to be the victims of honour killing, resurfaced in their native village in the Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday.
Making a U-turn, police have now registered a case against 23-year-old Ajit Saini, who was initia

The Muzaffarnagar Police was left with egg on its face after a couple, reported to be the victims of honour killing, resurfaced in their native village in the Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday.

Making a U-turn, police have now registered a case against 23-year-old Ajit Saini, who was initially described as the victim. Ajit and his family have been booked on charge of kidnapping his wife 21-year-old Anshu Tomar and misleading the police.

The Police had earlier declared it to be an open and shut case of honour killing claiming that the girl's brother Anuj had killed her and Ajit for marrying outside their castes.

However, it has now turned to be a case of forced confession. Anuj had on Saturday said that he had "stabbed Ajit to death" but a day later he changed his statement saying he had "not killed anybody". At the same time, however, Anuj denied any pressure from the police to confess the murders.

Shortly before the couple turned up alive, the district police had gone public with their findings clearly putting the blame on the girl's family. The police were caught on the wrong foot as it exposed how they were they capable of extracting confession from a suspect.

Confirming that Anuj had murdered Ajit, Muzaffarnagar SSP Pravin Kumar had on Saturday said, "Anuj has confessed that he has killed his sister also. But only after the DNA test can we confirm that the body is hers."

Now, Ajit and his family are likely to face the wrath of the police. What was even more shocking, the bodies were recovered and Ajit's family even identified one of the mutilated bodies as his.

Police now claim identifying the bodies was difficult because they were mutilated and decomposed. But police deny using force to obtain a confession. But the girl's relatives want strict action against the police and also accuse them of forcing Anuj to confess.

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